Alulim Quotes & Sayings

People didn't know certain things about me, which ... I was out of creative writing class in school, Syracuse University; had a B.A. in English and wanted to write the great American novel but I also loved rock and roll. I was in bar bands all through college, playing fraternities and have to know all the songs in the top 10. That kind of thing. — Lou Reed

Liberty in thought and action is the only condition of life, growth and well-being: Where it does not exist, the man, the race, and the nation must go down. — Swami Vivekananda

A grief-stricken man is driven to defy the gods. — Clive Cussler

It takes tremendous courage to change and grow up to be what we want to be. — Debasish Mridha

The strongest feelings I've had in my life are when love has gone right and when love has gone bad. And I think strong feelings make good songs. — Tom Odell

Somehow I got a place at Bristol University. I'm still waiting for the phone call to say that they made a mistake and got the wrong person. — Will Poulter

What are your dreams? — Lailah Gifty Akita

I sound like an evangelist or something. — David Plotz

There is never a sudden revelation, a complete and tidy explanation for why it happened, or why it ends, or why or who you are. You want one and I want one, but there isn't one. It comes in bits and pieces, and you stitch them together wherever they fit, and when you are done you hold yourself up, and still there are holes and you are a rag doll, invented, imperfect. And yet you are all that you have, so you must be enough. There is no other way. — Marya Hornbacher

I'm not the first person to have discovered evidence that consciousness exists beyond the body. Brief, wonderful glimpses of this realm are as old as human history. — Eben Alexander

I wouldn't write a book, because saying the word I over and over again would nauseate me. — John Kluge

It is triple ultra forbidden to respond to criticism with violence. There are a very few injunctions in the human art of rationality that have no ifs, ands, buts, or escape clauses. This is one of them. Bad argument gets counterargument. Does not get bullet. Never. Never ever never for ever. — Eliezer Yudkowsky

You could have a lot of money at your fingertips, the finest education and intellectual knowledge, but if you are governed by fear none of that will matter. You will remain tied to dead ideas and stale strategies. You will not be able to adapt. You will lose what you have. — Robert Greene

To find the right plan is just as hard as looking for its sound justification. — Emanuel Lasker

You change everything: your friends, schedule, dress, etc. Whatever they need to feel more comfortable, and more secure, you adjust because their peace is your peace. You start to watch for the "look" that tells you when they are getting agitated. You start to listen for what is being said in the silence. You cease to have a good time when you are out because you never know what is being held in the reserve for later. — Renair Amin